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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:18:11 +1000
Subject: Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<PointedEars@web.de> wrote:
> Please use `[...]' or `[=85]' to indicate omission instead.  I could have
> written `politeness...' myself.

Incidentally, how _do_ the square brackets help? Can a reader know
that you put square-bracketed dots and that I didn't omit a lengthy
quoted string? Perhaps you said "Please use `m4-style quotes rather
than matching ASCII quotes' or `something else' to indicate omission
instead".

ChrisA